Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-0666

 

Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-0666

Published: May 25, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76496
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0666
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the RTPS dissector. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems
Anolis OS
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Oracle Solaris
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
wireshark-devel
wireshark-cli
wireshark
wireshark (Red Hat package)
wireshark-help
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark-debugsource
net-analyzer/wireshark
wireshark (Debian package)
libwireshark17-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
libwiretap14-debuginfo
libwsutil15
libwsutil15-debuginfo
libwireshark17
wireshark-ui-qt
libwiretap14
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

How to mitigate CVE-2023-0666

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - update to 4.0.6
wireshark-devel - update to 2.6.2-17
wireshark-cli - update to 2.6.2-17
wireshark - update to 2.6.2-17
wireshark (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.6.2-17.el8, 3.4.10-6.el9
wireshark-help - update to 3.6.14-7
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.14-7
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.14-7
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.14-7
wireshark - update to 3.6.14-7
net-analyzer/wireshark - update to 4.0.6
wireshark - update to 4.0.6-1
wireshark (Debian package) - update to 4.0.6-1~deb12u1
libwireshark17-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwiretap14-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwsutil15 - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwsutil15-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwireshark17 - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwiretap14 - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-devel - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.13.45, 4.14.32, 4.14.33, 4.16.15, 4.17.0

External References

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